The following is a selection of media placements for Great Ink clients and a summary of each.
Newmark Holdings
October 19, 2016
by Lois Weiss
The former offices of Gov. Alfred E. Smith are available for lease through Matthew Mandell of Newmark Holdings. A 3,698-SF portion of the second floor of 80 Eighth Avenue includes Smith’s offices with original woodwork and detail. Developed in the Roaring Twenties, it was designed for an occupied by Smith who left his Albany post in 1929 after he lost his bid for presidency. Newmark Holdings will be renovating the offices to pay homage to its history and architecture, while making it more modern for today’s needs.
EW Howell Construction Group
October 19, 2016
by Liam LaGuerre
E.W. Howell Construction Group COO Paul O’Rourke spoke with the Commercial Observer about the importance of MWBE programs.
Savitt Partners
October 19, 2016
by Lois Weiss
Today’s “Between the Bricks” in the New York Post: Pottery Barn will take over 20,000 SF retail space currently occupied by Lillian August at Savitt Partners’ 11 W. 19th Street in the Flatiron District in 2017. Bob Savitt represented his own building, while Mark Finkelstein of Retail Strategies represented Williams-Sonoma, Pottery Barn’s parent company. Upstairs, 11 W. 19th has tenants such as Tory Burch and Publicis, with Zio Ristorante as a ground-floor tenant.
Treeline
October 18, 2016
by Benjamin Mazzara
Four law firms have renewed long-term leases, totaling 100k SF, at Treeline Cos’ Garden City Plaza and Franklin Avenue Plaza portfolio. Treeline Cos’ Kraig Silver repped the landlord in all four transactions. Law firms include: Berkman, Henoch, Petersen & Peddy; Moritt, Hock & Hamroff ; Kaufman Borgeest & Ryan; Scully, Scott, Murphy & Presse.
Hines
October 17, 2016
by Liam LaGuerre
CBRE and Newmark Grubb Knight Frank have been selected to market office and retail space in nine of 11 Hudson Square buildings. The portfolio is owned by Trinity Church Wall Street, Norges Bank Real Estate Management and Hines, and is comprised of 5 million square feet, most of which is office space.
CBRE Valuation & Advisory Services
October 13, 2016
by Paul Bubny
GlobeSt reveals results of CBRE Valuation & Advisory Services’ Self Storage Investor Survey. Cap rates in the self-storage space continue to compress as spreads widen compared to 10-year treasuries.
Avison Young
October 13, 2016
by Rayna Katz
Nicola Heryet has more than 30 years of experience in the real estate industry, and joins Avison Young as its 33rd principal, coming from Cushman & Wakefield as a senior managing director. Heryet will represent tenant and landlord clients in office and retail; she has closed more than 25 million square feet of transactions throughout her 30-year career. Avison Young has expanded to nearly 100 brokers from 75 within the first eight months of Mitti Liebersohn joining the firm in April 2015.
CBRE
October 13, 2016
by Rebecca Greenberg
Bloomberg Technology, with a report from CBRE, reveals new tech markets that are less expensive to work in compared to San Francisco or Silicon Valley. For example, the cost of business drops in Charlotte, NC, Minneapolis, Minn, and Philadelphia, Penn. While the talent is concentrated in the California region, some are already fleeing to find lower rents and a better quality of life.
CBRE Fairfield/Westchester
October 12, 2016
by Keila Torres Ocasio
Renovated buildings in the Stamford, Conn. area were among those properties with the highest leasing activity during the third quarter of 2016, said Tom Pajolek, EVP at CBRE’s Stamford office. Renovations at Merritt 7 Riverpark at 800 Connecticut Avenue is in the midst of a grand makeover, as well as Norwalk’s 50 Washington Street.